Archive | Subtypes

Fifteen years ago, only a few Enneagram teachers were including the 27 subtypes in their Enneagram teaching, with the exception of Claudio Naranjo, who has made subtype exploration his life’s work for over 40 years. Part of the reason so

I recently attended a course by the Institute of Corporate Directors on Governance. During the course, I wondered about our Enneagram community and all of the volunteer boards, committees, associations, social enterprises, and various other Enneagram collectives or groupings. One

The last of three guest blogs by Beatrice Chestnut, Ph.D. There are several reason that the subtypes are important to know and to study, both for people who use the Enneagram for their own personal growth and for those

The second of three guest blogs by Beatrice Chestnut, Ph.D. What follows here is a brief description of each of the 27 subtype characters according to Naranjo’s 2004 lecture. (I will abbreviate as follows: SP=self-preservation, SO=Social, and 1-1=one-to-one.) I

The first of three guest blogs by Beatrice Chestnut, Ph.D. What are the Enneagram subtypes? When I set out to define the Enneagram subtypes, I like to start with my own personal experience with regard to the subtypes, because